HOW TO CREATE JOBS SPAIN - International Monetary Fund · Title: How to Create Jobs in Spain --...
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HOW TO CREATE JOBS IN SPAINSINCE 2007, ALMOST 4 MILLION JOBS have been lost in Spain as the bursting of the country’s housing bubble, the global financial crisis, and the euro
area crisis combined to create a perfect storm. The challenge now is to get these jobs back. The IMF thinks it can be done, if everyone contributes. Here is how.
GOVERNMENT • Cut taxes on employing the less
skilled to encourage companies to hire them
• Improve training and job-finding services for the unemployed
COMPANIES AND WORKERS•Continue wage moderation so that companies have more
money to hire the unemployed and invest in their equipment
EUROPE• Continue integrating
Europe’s banking system so Spanish companies can borrow on the same terms as German companies
ECB• Make sure inflation in the euro
area is not too low so there is more demand for Spain’s exports
• Make sure banks are strong so they can lend more
BANKS• Build up capital so they
can lend more • Restructure the debt of
insolvent, but viable, companies to help them grow